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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8579191" data-attributes="member: 6877472">We all have gaming stories.&nbsp; I know I do.&nbsp; I'd like to hear some others.&nbsp; Specifically, about the incidents that frustrated you the most.&nbsp; The absolute worst.This isn't about Bad GM's (though certainly, they are responsible for such), I'm talking about terrible experiences in otherwise decent games.&nbsp; I got the idea after recounting a tale about how a monster had an ability that made me waste a powerful one-shot magic item.&nbsp; But I'm not going to tell -that- story.Instead...We were playing in a 4e game with a DM who liked to reskin enemies.&nbsp; We had ventured into the heart of a dormant volcano, finding ourselves facing Fire Elementals, Fire Archons, and basically, anything immune to fire the DM liked.&nbsp; As our Sorcerer was a Fire Elementalist, this was pretty annoying.Then we get to the final battle, and a skeletal dragon rises from the lava before us- a Dracolich!&nbsp; This proved to be a tough fight, and afterwards, the DM looked to the Sorcerer and said &quot;I don't know why you didn't use your fire attacks.&quot;We looked at the DM, aghast.&nbsp; I don't remember who found their voice first, but someone said &quot;but the Dracolich was immune to fire?&quot;.&quot;Oh it wasn't, you guys didn't even ask.&quot;&quot;IT WAS SWIMMING IN A LAKE OF MAGMA!!!!&quot;&quot;Oh that was just for dramatic effect, come on guys, it was cool, like a metal album cover!&quot;I'd like to say we pelted him with dice, but we were gaming in the back room of our FLGS, so it didn't seem proper.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8579191, member: 6877472"] We all have gaming stories. I know I do. I'd like to hear some others. Specifically, about the incidents that frustrated you the most. The absolute worst. This isn't about Bad GM's (though certainly, they are responsible for such), I'm talking about terrible experiences in otherwise decent games. I got the idea after recounting a tale about how a monster had an ability that made me waste a powerful one-shot magic item. But I'm not going to tell -that- story. Instead... We were playing in a 4e game with a DM who liked to reskin enemies. We had ventured into the heart of a dormant volcano, finding ourselves facing Fire Elementals, Fire Archons, and basically, anything immune to fire the DM liked. As our Sorcerer was a Fire Elementalist, this was pretty annoying. Then we get to the final battle, and a skeletal dragon rises from the lava before us- a Dracolich! This proved to be a tough fight, and afterwards, the DM looked to the Sorcerer and said "I don't know why you didn't use your fire attacks." We looked at the DM, aghast. I don't remember who found their voice first, but someone said "but the Dracolich was immune to fire?". "Oh it wasn't, you guys didn't even ask." "IT WAS SWIMMING IN A LAKE OF MAGMA!!!!" "Oh that was just for dramatic effect, come on guys, it was cool, like a metal album cover!" I'd like to say we pelted him with dice, but we were gaming in the back room of our FLGS, so it didn't seem proper. [/QUOTE]

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